Perch at Night

[Darth-Baiter]

Does anyone have any experience with fishing for perch at night ?  I work during the day, and sometimes the weekend is a long wait ! I thought of giving it a try one night during the week after work, and I'm not even sure if the perch would be that active in the evening hours...

any thoughts ?

[Trophy Hunter]

If the lake you are fishing them in doesn't have  predators like walleye or burbot.or pike they will be more likely to feed after dark but in lakes with large predator fish those perch will run for cover and get right down in the mud on the bottom . Hope this helps

[Fisher Jodoin]

Def. depends on the size of the lake, bigger lake, they deffinatly hit the mud twards night, but, smaller lake\pond, you probally have a small chance of catching them a sort period after dark.

[grumpymoe]

just something strange to pass along on this subject....i have never caught a perch in the middle of the night until last saturday, and Trophyhunter who posted above here was a witness....the lake we were on, holds large northerns, burbot and walleye....i caught a 13 plus perch at 2:50am....go figure....Grump

[Trophy Hunter]

I was stunned when i saw the trophy perch come up on the end of Grump's line I really don't know what to say now it was the only bite all night!!

[4cator]

Cool beans man!!

[RIVERRAT2]

I have founded, while fishing for crappies at night, the perch are drawn to
the colman light also, the key must be the light, the light draws the small
fish in[crappies love this]  so do the perch??
hope this helps
 
RIVERRAT